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Drawing, A Pair of Scissors with Handles Formed by Half-figures of Women with Rinceaux as Legs

This is a Drawing. It is dated 1815–50 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is pen and ink, brush and gray wash on heavy off-white paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.

Its dimensions are

14.5 x 10.5 cm (5 11/16 x 4 1/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Verso: Inscribed in graphite across sheet: P. 12 / Lower right / Leave paper.

Cite this object as

Drawing, A Pair of Scissors with Handles Formed by Half-figures of Women with Rinceaux as Legs; Italy; pen and ink, brush and gray wash on heavy off-white paper; 14.5 x 10.5 cm (5 11/16 x 4 1/8 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-5716

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